We're being to harsh, I fear - Tolkien's prime motive was to write the Christian epic. But I guess it all comes down to what you and I were talking about, of fascism being inherent in every kind of ideology. You know how a lot of feel-good campaigns for social causes run on the 'We all have AIDS/We were all Americans on 9/11/we are all African' lines? I think we're all fascists.

And as for fascism being inherent in every kind of ideology, I'd say most ideologies have the capacity for being fascist. And that usually occurs when the ends justify the means. If the process does not define the outcome, what will?